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Created: 2018-09-08 21:45:58 -0700 Modified: 2023-12-13 15:51:23 -0800

⌘⌥S → saves to $HOME/Pictures

This plays something, keeps VLC minimized to the system tray while doing so, then exits while done.

vlc —qt-start-minimized —play-and-exit foo.mp3

As far as I can tell, there’s no way to have VLC unmute itself on start-up via the command line. To get around this, I went to Preferences → Audio → ✅Always reset audio start level to: 100%

The pause/play key on the keyboard doesn’t work unless VLC has the focus

Section titled The pause/play key on the keyboard doesn’t work unless VLC has the focus

Solution is here: https://superuser.com/a/778761